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Find out if you need to update your VAT Return, make the correction online or tell HMRC in writing about errors.
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Find out how to fill in your VAT return, about using VAT accounting schemes and how to submit your return electronically.
Check which software packages you can use to keep VAT records and submit your VAT Returns.
Use this service to get your import VAT statements and certificates, manage your payment accounts, and manage or view authorities all in one place.
Find out what VAT should be charged on supplies of fuel and power if you're a supplier or a user.
Find out how to use the Flat Rate Scheme, who can use it and how to apply to join the scheme.
How and when you can apply zero-rated VAT to exported goods.
Find technical information about the VAT reverse charge if you buy or sell building and construction services.
Find out about the reverse charge for supplies of services reported within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re building a new house.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
Use this online service (VAT126) to claim back VAT if you're exempt from it as a local authority, academy, public body or eligible charity.
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
How to account for VAT if you make supplies to your customers, and you pay certain costs that you pass on when you invoice them.
If your payment is more than 15 days overdue, first and second late payment penalties apply. Find out how to avoid penalties and get help to pay in instalments.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
How to claim a VAT refund in the UK if you're established outside the UK.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
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